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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD FLEMING, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND VINCENT FOGARTY, OF SAME PLACE.

MEANS FOR ATTACHlNG AND CONTROLLING JURY-RUDDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361.277, dated April 19, 1887.

Application filed January 10, 1887. Serial No. 223.854. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD FLEMING, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Means for Attaching and Controlling J ury-Rudders, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view of my improved rudder detached from the vessel; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the stern of a vessel with the rudder attached, and Fig. 3 a

The nature and operation of the improve ment will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the rudder, B the rudder proper, and C the stern of the vessel. The body consists of a broad heavy piece of plank, one end, as, of which is narrowed and rounded to fit the rudder-port m, and is provided with holes 76 y, adapted to receive the ropes or chains 2 d, by

which it is secured to the vessel.

The rudder proper, B, is preferably composed of heavy plank, its upper end being secured in a mortise in the outer end of the body A, so that. when in use it is suspended perpendicularly from said body, its free end being slightly beveled on the inner or forward side, as shown at b. Two holes,ff, are provided in the rear or outer end of the body A, for receiving the steering or tiller ropes D.

In either side of the bulk-head H are journaled horizontally-arranged pulleys or sheaves g, and upon the deck M, between the pulleys g and the wheel K, are journaled horizontallyarranged sheaves or pulleys 71..

My improvement is designed for use when the rudder of a vessel has been lost or acci- 5 dentally unshipped or broken; and in its use the ropes or chains 2 are secured in the hole 70 of the body A, and then passed through the rudder-port m and drawn taut until the end of the body is firmly held against the stern of the vessel, when the ropes z are secured to cleats P on the deck M, thereby flexibly connecting the rudder and hull of the vessel and permitting the rudder to roll as it floats in the water. Stays or guards d d are fastened at one end in the holes y y of the body, their other ends being secured to the bulk-head H of the vessel, their purpose being to hold the rudder more firmly in position and prevent it from slatting. The tiller-ropes D are secured at one end in the holes f f, and passed around the sheaves g g in the bulkhead, and thence around the pulleys h h, to the steeringwheel K. This arrangement of parts permits the body of the rudder to float freely on the water, the rudder proper, B, being immersed, thereby serving the purpose of the ordinary rudder and enabling the helmsman to steer the vessel, by means of the wheel K, in the usual manner.

Ido not confine myself to the use of two ropes, z, for suspending the body A or securing the same to the stern of the vessel, as one may be employed, if preferred; neither do I confine myselfto the use of the stays or guard- 8 ropes d, as these may be omitted, if desired; nor to the use of the wheel K, as any other suitable mechanism may be employed for operating the tiller-ropes; nor to the use of the intermediate sheaves, h, for relieving any sudo den strain or shock on the wheel, as these may be omitted, if preferred. Chains may also be used in place of the ropes.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 5 1. In a rudder of the character described, a longitudinally-arranged body adapted to float on the water and provided with a downwardlyprojecting rudder proper, in combination with a rope or ropes for securing one end of said body to the stern of the vessel, tiller-ropes for controlling'said rudder, attached-to said body and working on pulleys disposed in the bulsaid body, pulleys for said ropes journaledin warks of said vessel, stays secured to the side the bulwarks of the vessel, a wheel for work- I 5 of said body and to said vessel, and a wheel ing the tiller-ropes, and sheaves disposed on for governing said rudder, substantially as dcthe deck of the vessel between the bulwarks 5 scribed. and wheel, around which the tiller-ropes pass 2. In a rudder of the character described, to relieve the strain on the wheel, all being conthe combination of the following instrumenstructed, combined, and arranged to operate 20 talities, to Wit: alongit-udinally-arranged floatsubstantially as set forth. ing body provided with a downwardly-prol T 10 jecting rudder proper, a rope or ropes for se- RICHARD FLEMIL curing the inner end of said body to the vessel, \Vitnesses: said ropes being inserted in the rudder-post O. M. SHAW, hole, tiller-ropes secured to theouter end of E. L. SAWYER. 

